A spot in Washington County has been a spiritual place for more than 2,000 years and this weekend a special church service will be held there. Salem Church of God is holding a heritage Sunday service at 9 a.m. Church member and local historian Michael Zahs said it’s a significant place on earth, “Native Americans had come to worship in this spot for thousands of years. So this Sunday, we’re going to have our church service outside at a place called Graveyard Point, which is a unique spot in the world in that three totally different cultures at very different times picked that exact same spot for burial. … It’ll be very exciting, for me anyway, to talk about what Native Americans were saying on that spot 200 years ago and how they approached that spot as a place of worship.” There’s evidence that it was used by Middle Woodland people 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, the Sac and Fox about 200 years ago, and settlers in the 1840’s. On Sunday, Zahs will provide the history of that spot and reading writings from Native Americans.

He says it has a special feeling being there, “To me it feels like you should there. That you just feel like this is a spot. And I’ve had other people say that you just feel spiritual here, you feel like this is where you want to be when you’re communicating with your God.”

The community is invited to attend: meet at Salem Church of God at 9 a.m. to caravan to Graveyard Point. Salem Church of God is located at 1970 Yucca Avenue, Ainsworth, it is north of G36, find details on KCII Radio’s Community Calendar at KCIIRadio.com.